Side Event Sponsor

Quarticle

Side Event Title

Beyond the Classroom: The Geospatial Stack for Students Entering the Industry

Side Event Description

A student side-event sponsored by Quarticle, a company building high-performance, cloud-native GIS solutions at the intersection of geospatial science, cloud infrastructure, and insurance analytics. As daily users of the open source geospatial stack, they are bringing that real-world experience directly to students.

Over the session, participants work through the full stack: PostGIS, QGIS, GeoServer, Leaflet, and GDAL, orchestrated with Docker Compose and driven by real OpenStreetMap data.

The goal is simple: help students connect the tools they have heard of to the workflows they will encounter on the job and leave with a fully working environment, practical experience, and a clearer sense of where the industry is heading.

Led by Ionut Ungurianu, Lead GIS Engineer at Quarticle and OSGeo Charter Member, with 10+ years of production experience across natural hazard modelling, logistics intelligence, and spatial infrastructure.

Side Event Participation

The 90’ side event is dedicated to students interested in getting a sneak peek of what will be required of them when entering the job market.

It is a sponsored event made freely available to students on a first come, first served basis. To participate, one must prove they are a student by submitting a student card at info-europe@foss4g.org, specifying the side event title as the subject of the e-mail.

There are limited seats available, a maximum of 20, with a waiting list of 5.